WATCH: The Interventions of Middle East Powers, 2010-2020

Six states have shown themselves the most able to project armed power beyond their borders: Iran, Israel, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates. Iran is highly interventionist, but not an outlier. The other major powers in the region are often as interventionist as the Islamic Republic  and at times even more so. Indeed, the UAE and Turkey have surpassed Iran in recent years.